Chapter 14: The Aristocrats

After Fausto finished speaking, he bowed slightly to us and walked away quickly. Even with his back to us, he was still tall. He's really a perfect servant. During the conversation between me and Mr. Fausto, Kiyomi and Tanigawa, who were scolding each other, were a little tired. Tanigawa lay groggily in the mud of the deep sea...... In the mud of the deep sea, he dozed peacefully. My sister, on the other hand, was smothered in a bowl of seafood clam soup with her entire face, suffocating peacefully. I rushed over to try to get her up, but I was surprised to find that she seemed to be fine. On closer inspection, she was soaking her bulging face in the seafood soup. The tiny fat in her face was buoyant enough to hold her face up and keep her nose above the noodle soup.

In this case, there is no problem.

I let go of the two of them and spun around the hall. I've long been curious about the architecture around me, but now that there are no people around, it's just the right time to take a good look. The whole hall is a square with four porticoes and rooms that extend outwards around it, but the hall in the center is circular. The rooms surrounding the central rotunda are symmetrical, and even the entrance foyer at the ends of the Greek cross-shaped four-arms is identical. It looks a bit like a "Rotunda Villa" just outside the ancient city of Vicenza. But it's fundamentally different from the buildings on the ground.

Beyond this palatial villa is an endless stretch of water. I wish there was an invisible protective cover around the villa, only the presence of air in the villa. It was like entering a large Aquarium with Renaissance décor and I could clearly see the sea creatures swimming around outside the villa. Curious, I reached out and tried to touch the water with my fingers. The sea was easily caught in front of me. But when I let go, they were bounced out of the villa as if they were being repelled by some force.

How so? It's a lot of fun!

I opened my bow from side to side with both hands and began to grasp the water in front of me constantly, then watched as they were ejected out of the villa again. I repeated this action, and I never got tired of it. Even though I've figured out how the whole thing works, I'm still doing the same thing. It's like a toddler building blocks and then tearing them down. Although I fully understood in my heart that this was a very childish act, my body was completely suitable for my current age, and I couldn't listen to it. Until I felt a numb gaze at me.

I saw a few sea people standing in the sea in front of me, and he was glaring at me with sharp eyes. I was startled and shrank back into the palace. They seem to be the guards of this sea, and they are now patrolling here. Each of these sea people looks to be 1.8 to 2 meters tall, and their bodies appear to be very strong. Their upper bodies were naked, revealing their snow-white muscles. The lower half of the body is only wearing the simplest shorts. I guess this is so that I don't get hindered by my clothes when I fight in the sea. It is not possible to make a sound in the sea, and it is also impossible to use firearms. These people were all armed with knives and guns, and they were facing me coldly.

When Tanigawa and I fell to the bottom of the sea together, these guards surrounded us. In addition to the hostility and wariness I felt from them, I also felt a hint of anger and contempt. These sea people seem to have a contempt for us earthlings.

Just then, another seaman walked over. He was not naked, like the soldiers, but dressed in a flamboyant service similar to that of Viscount Braganza. However, his color was not crimson, but inky like seawater. This particular sea man made a special gesture in the water and dismissed the soldiers who were hostile to me. Then he came to the villa and walked up to me.

"I'm sorry, my subordinates are nervous."

The sea man in a pitch-black dress bowed slightly to me. As he bowed, the water on the pitch-black gown seemed to be thrown dry. The droplets were also repelled and flew into the sea. I was intrigued by the process, but it was a shame that I couldn't let him show it again.

"They mistakenly thought you were going to get out of the villa."

"That's right, but I don't have that kind of intention." I smiled awkwardly, then touched my nostrils, "You see, I don't have the Pearl of the Sea, and I can't walk in the sea anymore." ”

"That's true, but they're still afraid that you'll be captured by the charm of the sea and do something stupid."

Worried? Although the sea man in front of me explained this to me, I didn't feel that the gaze seemed to be worried about me at all. I felt a more straightforward malice, and a contempt from the bottom of my heart. Perhaps the sea people are more prejudiced against the people on the earth than I imagined. But as a guest, I'm alone here, so let's just go with him.

"I'm sorry." I bowed slightly, "By the way, I don't know what to call you yet......"

"You don't have to remember the lowly body." Hairen said lightly, then he thought for a moment and added, "I am the captain of the guards here, and I am also responsible for the personal safety of Lord Viscount. ”

I see, is this man the captain of the guard? I took a closer look at his outfit.

"Are you also a nobleman? Your clothes look somewhat similar to those of Viscount Bragança. ”

The captain of the guard listened to my words and suddenly laughed. He smiled dryly.

"It's not just me, but the guards here are all nobles."

"Huh? Are the gentlemen of the guards also nobles? ”

I couldn't help but be surprised, could it be that the identities of these people are very noble in the world of sea people? Come to think of it, if Lord Viscount is a big nobleman with a prominent reputation here, then many small nobles also want their sons to work by the side of Lord Viscount. If you become the guard of the Viscount of Bragansa, you will be a close confidant of the Viscount in the future, which is a great thing.

"It's better that after all the earthlings came to us, all the sea people I saw were nobles. The palace where you live is surrounded by noble people. The captain of the guard shrugged his shoulders and said, "After all, you are all our honored guests, and we can't let you have contact with inferior people. They are rude, uneducated, and don't know what to do. ”

From a security point of view, this may be the case.

"But I still want to see it? After all, it was our first time to contact the sea people, and we wanted to leave a comprehensive impression of the sea people. Can we apply to go to the ordinary streets? ”

"I advise you to give up on this idea as soon as possible." The captain of the guard said, "Recently, the inferior people outside have been very restless, and they are delusional about causing a riot. The mob is made up of homeless people, or the unemployed, who only disrupt the peace of society. Around this villa we can guarantee that you are absolutely safe. But out of here, there will inevitably be loopholes in our security work. If something goes wrong, I won't be able to explain it to the Viscount. Thank you for your understanding! ”

"I see." I nodded, "Did you say that the soldiers were nervous because the people around them were a little restless?" ”

"That's it."

It seems that there is not peace in the country of the sea people. But after all, this is an internal affair of their country, and I, an outsider, have no room to meddle at all. It's better to say that I'm just a cute elementary school girl, and I don't have the power to meddle at all. In this way, the civilian life experience activities of the sea people may be about to come to an end, after all, their own personal safety is more important. Mr. Magellan seems to have died in the tribal conflict in the Philippines, and I should take caution.

"All in all, if you have any needs, you don't have to go out yourself, just leave it to Mr. Fausto, the butler." At this point, the captain of the guard suddenly looked at the hall behind me in confusion, "What about Mr. Fausto?" Why didn't he organize you to come out, it's so dangerous outside? ”

"Ah, I entrusted him to find us a troupe." I hastened to explain that the Captain of the Guard must not be made to think that Mr. Fausto is derelict in his duties.

"Troupe?" The captain of the guard raised an eyebrow. Strange, he didn't seem to know about it.

"Can't you invite the troupe?"

"It can be ......," the captain of the guard gave a subtle expression, "We'll just keep their props in check." I don't think they can play any tricks. As long as you don't leave this palace, it's fine. ”

"That's ......"

I always feel that personal freedom seems to be restricted. But if I were to go to a war-torn place like the Middle East, I might find myself in a similar situation.

"But...... Your wish or it may come true. The captain of the guard said.

"What?"

"There is no doubt that the actors of those plays are not aristocrats."